I work on 8th street. The city spent a lot of money building an incredibly nice bike lane extending the the entire way down 7th street, and most definitely has increased traffic delays. I didn't really have a problem with this originally, I still routinely almost get hit by bikes while walking on the sidewalk between 4th and 6th avenue when there's a goddamn bike lane one street over. If they aren't on the sidewalk, they are weaving in and out of traffic at red lights, completely abandoning the rules of the road.
Meanwhile, I can count on one hand the bikes on the multi-million dollar bike lake, one block over. I can't speak for all the bike lanes that have been added, but the one on 8th street is an epic failure and speaks to the complete hypocrisy of a decent chunk in the cyclists in this city. Many of the people in the surrounding office buildings and commercial establishments have made multiple complaints to the city about the cyclists on 7th avenue, and have asked them to simply enforce the law. Nothing has been done, not so much as sending out an officer once to write some tickets.
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